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Class Agenda - February 8

0910 - 1155

- Announcements:
* Game Developer's Conference at the Moscone Center Feb 18 - 22. http://www.gdconf.com/
* XSI Basics Guide
* Andy Cox's "Office Hours"
* Presentations uploaded

- The XSI file system: projects, .scn and .exp files. Can open .scn but not save. Must save in the Mod Tool .exp format. All scenes (.exp in our case) have to be saved into projects. 10 mins

- Noesis data base is in mod_tool not mod_tool_database
c:\Softimage\XSI_6_Mod_Tool\Addons\mod_tool Noesis_QS_Database - Note: this is a project folder set up by Noesis and therefore we can save scenes to it

- Inverse Kinematics (pixar lamp) and Forward Kinematics. 15 mins

- Complete face and lamp and upload .exp files. Cutoff is lunch time - upload what you've finished by then.

- When you've finished the face start work on the Time Bomb project.

1310 - 1555

- Look at postings on art and games and discuss.

- Continue with Time Bomb model.

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